Sec. 7. Clerk to certify sufficient petitions to mayor and council; notice to officer; calling elections.

When the petition shall be found by the clerk to be sufficient, he shall submit the same, with his certificate, to the mayor and council without delay, and the mayor and council shall immediately notify the officer sought to be removed, and if the said officer does not resign within five (5) days after said notification, the mayor and council shall forthwith, after said five-day period, order and fix a date for holding the said election, not less than twenty (20) days nor more than thirty (30) days from the date of the clerk's certificate that a sufficient petition is filed.

Sec. 8. Arrangement for and conduct of election.

The mayor and council shall make, or cause to be made, publication of notice, and all arrangements for holding such election; and the same shall be conducted, returned and result thereof declared, in all respects as are other city elections. If any vacancy occurs in said office after a recall election has been so ordered, the election shall nevertheless proceed as herein provided.

   Cross References: Elections generally, ch. XVI.

Sec. 9. Candidacy of officer sought to be removed.

An officer sought to be removed may be a candidate to succeed himself, and unless he requests otherwise in writing, the clerk shall place his name on the official ballot without nomination.

Sec. 10. Nominations, notice, conduct of recall elections to conform to election provisions.

The nomination of other candidates, the publication of notice of such recall election, and the conduct of the same, shall be in accord with the provisions of this Charter relating to elections.

   Cross References: Elections generally, ch. XVI.

Sec. 11. Incumbent continued in office until election; persons declared elected; vacancy for failure of successor to qualify.

The incumbent shall continue to perform the duties of his office until the result of said election shall have been officially declared. The candidate who shall receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected for the remainder of the term; but if the officer sought to be recalled is elected, then no further recall petition shall be filed against the same officer, during the term for which he was elected, unless petitioners signing shall first pay into the public treasury, which has paid such election expenses of the preceding election, all expenses of the preceding election. If not then elected, he shall be deemed removed from office upon the qualification of his successor.

If the successor fails to qualify within five (5) days after the result of said election shall have been declared, the said office shall be vacant.

Sec. 12. Recall prohibited until officer serves six months.

No recall petition shall be filed against any officer until he has actually held his office for at least six (6) months.

Sec. 13. Appointing recalled officers to public office.

No person who has been removed from an office by recall, or who resigned from such office while recall proceedings were pending against him, shall be appointed to any office within one (1) year after such removal or resignation.

Sec. 14. Additional powers of mayor and council.

The mayor and council shall, by ordinance, make all necessary provisions to facilitate the operation of this chapter.